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Old Jul 28, 2006 | 11:18 PM
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hi im wondering with the ls1 exhaust system. are there 2 or are there 3 cats on the exhaust system? cus i just looked under my car and noticed that i have only 2 cats. the reason im asking is just cus i have a home made exhaust system that was that way when i bought the car and im wondering if the big 3rd cat has been removed
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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 12:26 AM
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A stock exhaust system will only have two cats.
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Originally Posted by stillremains
A stock exhaust system will only have two cats.
ahh i see. i thought these cars were like the japanese V engined cars with two precats and 1 big main cat. well i thought the "precats" were a bit big hello LT and ORY.

on that subject, what is the difrerance beetween a of road y pipe and a non of road y-pipe
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Originally Posted by old and good
on that subject, what is the difrerance beetween a of road y pipe and a non of road y-pipe
oh boy... and ORY is a Y-Pipe w/o cats... hence Off Road Y

non ORY is obviously a catted y
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I want to go ory but how do you pass the emmissions test. Down were I live(fort Worth) they put a sniffer in the exhaust
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will mostly definitely fail the visual too. you need cats to pass the visual.
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does anyone know ~ how much CO2 % a stock no cat car wuld make? as mine is doing 0.28% now but the legal limit in iceland is 2%
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